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chairman, from japan. we would be most interested in your observations and an update on the situation. i want you to be looking for word and talk a little bit about the issues the united states should consider in learning from this event. for formal statements, gentlemen, will be the heart of the record. so please summarize -- will be made part of the record. >> thank you, chairman. i appreciate the opportunity to appear before your subcommittee today to address the response of the nuclear regulatory commission to these tragic events as you discussed in japan. i traveled to japan over the past weekend and just returned yesterday. i went to be able to directly convey a message of support to our japanese counterparts. i had an opportunity to meet with senior japanese government and officials and i consulted with the team of experts who are in japan as part of our efforts to assist the japanese response to dealing with the nuclear reactors. i would note that that is one small part of a broader u.s. effort to
chairman, from japan. we would be most interested in your observations and an update on the situation. i want you to be looking for word and talk a little bit about the issues the united states should consider in learning from this event. for formal statements, gentlemen, will be the heart of the record. so please summarize -- will be made part of the record. >> thank you, chairman. i appreciate the opportunity to appear before your subcommittee today to address the response of the...
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nucleare on at japan's power plant. the head of the nuclear regulatory commission discussed the emergency there, which may have exposed workers to lethal doses of radiation. this is the second part of a hearing on the house energy subcommittee. it is an hour and a half. >> i will call the meeting back to in order. you were called away for a meeting. everybody has given their opening statements. i would recognize you for 5 minutes for your opening statement. >> thank you to you, mr. chairman, you and the other chairman of the subcommittees. and other members of the subcommittee. i am honored to appear before you on behalf of the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission. given the events unfolding overseas, my remarks will focus on the events in japan. i will be happy to answer questions on those matters. i would like to offer my condolences to all those affected by the earthquake and tsunami in japan over the last few days. my heart goes out to those dealing with the aftermath of these disasters. i want to indulge the tireless
nucleare on at japan's power plant. the head of the nuclear regulatory commission discussed the emergency there, which may have exposed workers to lethal doses of radiation. this is the second part of a hearing on the house energy subcommittee. it is an hour and a half. >> i will call the meeting back to in order. you were called away for a meeting. everybody has given their opening statements. i would recognize you for 5 minutes for your opening statement. >> thank you to you, mr....
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we stand by the uscid but japan is an industrialized city. the events that remind us disasters, you point out, don't always give warning or follow with season and often don't happen where we have expected to have the worst impacts. for that reason, a term we use in fema is we can't plan for easy. we have to plan for real. we cannot look at what we're merely capable of. we have to look at what the m y impacts would be to our communities and change the outcome. we put a lot of emphasis on the first 72 hours. we see this as key. we saw it in katrina and in other disasters. if aid is not reaching the people that need, it not secure, not able to do the search and rescue, not get there quick enough it becomes extremely different for the outcome of the survivors t survivors. to do this you changed things with the format that stated it was the intent of congress we would no wait for a system waiting for help, waiting to help. that the fema family could begin mobilizing when we determine something happened or think it's about to happen even prior to a
we stand by the uscid but japan is an industrialized city. the events that remind us disasters, you point out, don't always give warning or follow with season and often don't happen where we have expected to have the worst impacts. for that reason, a term we use in fema is we can't plan for easy. we have to plan for real. we cannot look at what we're merely capable of. we have to look at what the m y impacts would be to our communities and change the outcome. we put a lot of emphasis on the...
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regarding radioactive release from japan. i will now turn to the factors that assure us of on growing domestic reactor safety. we have since the beginning of the regulatory program in the united states used a philosophy of defense which recognizes nuclear reactors require the highest standards of design, construction, oversight and operation and safety doesn't rely on any single level in order to protect the public health and safety. there are multiple physical barriers, products release at every reactor design and beyond that they are both fighters and redundant systems that are required to be maintained in an operable condition and they are frequently tested to ensure the plant is in the high condition of readiness to respond to any scenario. beyond this we've taken advantage of lessons learned from previous operating experience as to implement a program of continuous improvement. we've learned from the experiences across a wide range of situations in putting the three mile island accident of 1979. as a result of the lesson
regarding radioactive release from japan. i will now turn to the factors that assure us of on growing domestic reactor safety. we have since the beginning of the regulatory program in the united states used a philosophy of defense which recognizes nuclear reactors require the highest standards of design, construction, oversight and operation and safety doesn't rely on any single level in order to protect the public health and safety. there are multiple physical barriers, products release at...
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we see it from the help passport into japan. we hear it from the cries of a child miraculously pulled from the rubble. we will continue to do everything we can to ensure the safety of american citizens and the security of our sources of energy. we will stand with the people of japan as they retain this crisis, recover from this hardship, and rebuild their great nation. >> we have to be looking very closely at the events in japan. we ought to apply whatever license can be and will be learned. >> steven chu testified on the energy department's fiscal year 2012 budget following the earthquake and tsunami in japan. what's the complete hearing now online at the c-span video library. search, watch, clip, and share. it is washington your way. >> the house voted to ban federal funds for npr programming. the vote would prevent public radio stations from spending federal funds on programming. the measure, which no house democrats voted in favor of, is opposed by the white house and is unlikely to be brought up by the senate. here is a por
we see it from the help passport into japan. we hear it from the cries of a child miraculously pulled from the rubble. we will continue to do everything we can to ensure the safety of american citizens and the security of our sources of energy. we will stand with the people of japan as they retain this crisis, recover from this hardship, and rebuild their great nation. >> we have to be looking very closely at the events in japan. we ought to apply whatever license can be and will be...
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you were telling me on the break you've just come back from japan. >> guest: in came back from japan as part of a congressional exchange program. they are a good ally. they have been an active member of the six-party talks in the region which is so very essential. and this is just devastating. and when you viewed the reports after you just met so many members and their leadership and you go in their homes and you had such in-depth discussions for three or four days, to see this happening is just devastating. japan was probably one of the most organized places i have ever visited. the streets are clean. the people are polite. there is a plan for everything that has to happen. and i know that they have been preparing for a possible earthquake or a tsunami for a long time. they were preparing for it. and they're responding when the tall buildings are shaking. and people are losing their lives. hopefully, the lives lost will be kept to a minimum because of the preparation. >> host: yeah this is also a domestic story we told you earlier that the waves are beginning to reach the coastline
you were telling me on the break you've just come back from japan. >> guest: in came back from japan as part of a congressional exchange program. they are a good ally. they have been an active member of the six-party talks in the region which is so very essential. and this is just devastating. and when you viewed the reports after you just met so many members and their leadership and you go in their homes and you had such in-depth discussions for three or four days, to see this happening...
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japan is such a powerful economy. and such an advanced economy technologically that that will successfully lead them. they had experience dealing with natural disasters. japan will come back stronger than ever. all right? thank you, gentlemen. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> next, opponents of muammar gaddafi rule it call on the international community to recognize their transitional government. the head of the un appoints a special envoy to libya, and the u.s. house debates ending a home mortgage assistance program. and tomorrow's "washington journal," we will discuss public transportation with american public transportation association president william millar. frank gaffney talks about the u.s. response to the war in libya. washington journal" begins live at 7:00 a.m. eastern time on c- span. >> one-quarter of mortgages are underwater this morning, and one-fifth of all our wealth was wiped out in the great crash. it cannot run an ex
japan is such a powerful economy. and such an advanced economy technologically that that will successfully lead them. they had experience dealing with natural disasters. japan will come back stronger than ever. all right? thank you, gentlemen. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> next, opponents of muammar gaddafi rule it call on the international community to recognize their transitional government. the head...
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we don't know what happened in japan. we know about the earthquake and the tsunami but we don't know enough about the systems and what has worked and failed. but we need to study and learn and make sure we continue to have safe, reliable, queen nuclear energy in the united states. let me kind of come to a conclusion here about saying this. we've republicans need to be careful when we talk about cutting spending and we talk about not raising taxes. in fact in my view i would propose cutting taxes. today in the world we have a global battle for capital yet because of our mistaken tax codes we have a trillion dollars of u.s. money stranded overseas and to our multinational corporations just sitting and it's either going to sit there or it's when to be invested in the foreign economies in europe and asia and south america. we need to repatriate that trillion dollars. we need to tell these companies bring this money home, bring it home tax-free. because that money isn't coming home. we need that money to come home to build new
we don't know what happened in japan. we know about the earthquake and the tsunami but we don't know enough about the systems and what has worked and failed. but we need to study and learn and make sure we continue to have safe, reliable, queen nuclear energy in the united states. let me kind of come to a conclusion here about saying this. we've republicans need to be careful when we talk about cutting spending and we talk about not raising taxes. in fact in my view i would propose cutting...
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i think only japan is higher. it is all put this on an impact. will you comment on that? >> you are correct. our tax rate look soon to be the highest. ia good tax code would have a broad base. this speciallot deductions and extensions. by getting a broad base coming you can lower the rate. that provides greater incentives for firms to locate. do you tax based only on profits earned in the united states are blow for profit? but at what rate to you think we should aim for that would put this in the best position in terms of competition on the global stage? >> i did not have a single number in mind. there are is the number of deductions. we will certainly get it down if we can. >> part of the charges to keep prices stable. on the one hand, we have to pay down the debt. to what is this a faulted the economy? it is still volatile or week. athere is a $1 billion cut we passed around. why is the discrepancy in the figure of around 6005000 to 700? that is a huge difference. who do you believe here? we have a number of questions. we are trying to understand the reasons. >> would y
i think only japan is higher. it is all put this on an impact. will you comment on that? >> you are correct. our tax rate look soon to be the highest. ia good tax code would have a broad base. this speciallot deductions and extensions. by getting a broad base coming you can lower the rate. that provides greater incentives for firms to locate. do you tax based only on profits earned in the united states are blow for profit? but at what rate to you think we should aim for that would put...
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economy is to japan's case? >> the thrust of the question is how close are we to a downgrade, is that basically the question? >> that's what they were asking, yes. >> obviously, i'm not commenting on that. that's for the rating agencies to determine. what i will say is we -- i feel we should not assume things that have historically been viewed as unthinkable are not possible, and that means that we really have to, i think, focus on the country's financial affairs and ensure that the treasury remains the aaa asset that it is. >> rich, thank you very much. [applause] >> in a few moments, the counsel for public affairs hears from white house senior adviser, valerie jarrett. in a half hour, senate floor discussions on cutting federal spending. after that, part of a news conference with the chinese foreign minister. later, a forum on politics and the federal budget. gr president obama's fy12 pujt - >> the jewish counsel is holding their national conference in washington. they heard from senior adviser, valerie jarret
economy is to japan's case? >> the thrust of the question is how close are we to a downgrade, is that basically the question? >> that's what they were asking, yes. >> obviously, i'm not commenting on that. that's for the rating agencies to determine. what i will say is we -- i feel we should not assume things that have historically been viewed as unthinkable are not possible, and that means that we really have to, i think, focus on the country's financial affairs and ensure...
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if you are on the french you get one set of materials and fuel on the japan desk you get another and we believe we also have the ability as i mentioned earlier we will continue to push state department reporting to the other agencies, but it does a lot might put a burden on them to then take our material which we have provided to secretary defense so to speak, to the dod, and then to distribute that to their people according to the rule that only they are capable of defining because i think it would be wrong for me to say which individuals within an entity as large as the defense department or as large as that of dni or the intelligence community which needs what so we send it to them and i think they may be the ones who have to answer that second question about how they are going to distribute it efficiently and effectively as you and senator collins have talked about. >> thanks. any legislative recommendations or budget targeting? >> in terms of the legislative question, i agree with mr. kennedy. at this time, we do not see any additional legislation that we need. we are going thro
if you are on the french you get one set of materials and fuel on the japan desk you get another and we believe we also have the ability as i mentioned earlier we will continue to push state department reporting to the other agencies, but it does a lot might put a burden on them to then take our material which we have provided to secretary defense so to speak, to the dod, and then to distribute that to their people according to the rule that only they are capable of defining because i think it...
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at the same time, there's a number of any plant players that just depend on to japan, korea russia, china are working together to do with the problem. the deep with more subtle mandate. certainly whether they are escorting convoys to the goal for wegener protecting our national shipping. these are some strategies they are employing. i noted when we were operating there is despite national mandates, despite a few different approaches to how to do with the problem, the crux of the issue is that wanted to do something about piracy. so what we found if everybody was working together to share information, to exchange bits of information that might prove useful to locating pirate action groups to try to do with the problem in the shared responsibility i found a very construct development while we were connecting our work over there. just wanted to put a little vignettes and kind of give you a sense of how we dealt with certain issues they are. and i know that we've got a bit of a strategic overlay any sense of the operational environment. or to put yourself into my position as the ship's captai
at the same time, there's a number of any plant players that just depend on to japan, korea russia, china are working together to do with the problem. the deep with more subtle mandate. certainly whether they are escorting convoys to the goal for wegener protecting our national shipping. these are some strategies they are employing. i noted when we were operating there is despite national mandates, despite a few different approaches to how to do with the problem, the crux of the issue is that...
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we've borrowed from our enemies or our competitors -- china, japan, and the tyrants in the middle east. there is no end in sight, and the president's own budget, he has got to in years of deficit. he will add more to the national debt in his four years than all presidents or him combine. what is washington doing? thank god for the tea party. i noticed -- [applause] thank god for paul ryan and the republican party and steve king and others. washington is not about leadership. washington is not about the people. washington is about money and reelection. had he figured it out? -- have you figured it out? i will tell you a story, the nation is hurting, and washington, d.c., is a boom town. how does that grab you? i tell you what they are addicted to. special interest money, all i want is access money, wall street money, to be to fail money. union money, the pac money, pac money back money, corporate money, a pharmaceutical money, all subsidy money, ethanol subsidy money, insurance money, tort reform money. the system is institutionally corrupt. where are the people? they're left that. i go
we've borrowed from our enemies or our competitors -- china, japan, and the tyrants in the middle east. there is no end in sight, and the president's own budget, he has got to in years of deficit. he will add more to the national debt in his four years than all presidents or him combine. what is washington doing? thank god for the tea party. i noticed -- [applause] thank god for paul ryan and the republican party and steve king and others. washington is not about leadership. washington is not...
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they host a discussion comparing japan's nuclear situation with what has happened at the nuclear power plant in russia and chernobyl. after that, we will be live on c-span3 with the committee health centers. the administrator of the service administration, the primary agency addressing health care for the uninsured. >> haley barbour, newt gingrich at the conservative principles conference. this weekend on c-span. >> of the next several hours, a form on the future of hong ownership posted by the atlantic magazine and beat edmonton journal. later you hear from henry cisneros. first, vice president by den's economic adviser. >> thank you very much. this is a great subject. before our interview, let me introduce my partner in these affairs. tom has joined allstate in 1995. he serves as vice chairman of the chicago federal reserve. we have been fortunate enough to do a number of partnerships over the last eight years. this one will last, too. we are interested in partnering with them. many of you have been touched by all states in your lifetime. we welcome your partnership. >> good morning.
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our gdp is greater than china, germany, and japan combined. the median income is close to $50,000. in china, it is $4,500. we wish them better, but to put it in perspective, it is important to know where we stand now, the platform from which we now operate and why, if we do the right things, we have an overwhelming prospect to not only recover here in united states but to lead the world and the 21st century. the man i am about to introduce to your shares your view. americans have never settle for number two, literally. this is not hyperbole. we want other nations to do well, we will do better if they do well, but we are not prepared, nor are you, to settle for being number two and anything. folks, that is why we laid out, the president has laid out in his state of the union speech the need for us to innovate. we have the most innovative the economy in the world. we of the freest of free enterprise systems. we know what we are doing. we want to unleash the free enterprise system. we also know we cannot rank tied with five nations for numbernine and a percentage of people we graduate
our gdp is greater than china, germany, and japan combined. the median income is close to $50,000. in china, it is $4,500. we wish them better, but to put it in perspective, it is important to know where we stand now, the platform from which we now operate and why, if we do the right things, we have an overwhelming prospect to not only recover here in united states but to lead the world and the 21st century. the man i am about to introduce to your shares your view. americans have never settle...